Best-Ever Banana Bread (honestly!) |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 5 |
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It is from Necessities & Temptations from the Junior League of Austin. I have never, EVER, had a banana bread this good. Ingredients:
6 tablespoons butter |
10 tablespoons dark brown sugar |
3 tablespoons milk |
1 cup chopped pecans (or more, toasted) |
1 cup butter |
1 1/2 cups sugar |
2 eggs |
4 very ripe bananas, mashed (or 1 3/4 c, the bananas have to be so ripe that they're nearly black!) |
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (i add 1 tblsp) |
4 tablespoons buttermilk |
2 cups all-purpose flour |
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda (i also add 3/4 tsp baking powder) |
1 teaspoon salt |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Cream butter and sugar; mash bananas, beat 2 eggs and add to the bananas with vanilla and buttermilk; mix well and add to creamed butter and sugar; sift together flour, soda and salt; add to banana mixture, beat well; pour into 2 greased and floured 9x5x3-inch loaf pans; bake 45 to 50 minutes (I find this bread needs over an hour) or until bread pulls away from sides of pan; add topping.
3. To prepare Topping: Melt butter in saucepan; add sugar and milk; cook until syrupy (like honey); remove from heat and add chopped pecans; pour over bread spreading to all the corners and place under broiler until bubbly and brown.
4. Watch closely (this takes around 1 minute- maybe even less!).
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